highway

grand-route, autoroute

Route importante reliant plusieurs lieux, souvent avec plusieurs voies pour une circulation rapide.

En anglais simple : A main road between places, often with several lanes for fast traffic.

• We took the highway to the city.
• There was heavy traffic on the highway.
• Leave the highway at the next exit.

Synonymes : main road

Expressions courantes : major highway, highway exit, divided highway

route, voie publique

Route accessible à tous, surtout une grande route destinée aux voitures.

En anglais simple : A road that the public can use, especially a large road for cars.

• The highway runs past our town.
• Workers are repairing the public highway.
• Several highways connect these small towns.

Synonymes : road, public road

Expressions courantes : public highway, busy highway, highway traffic

voie, chemin

Manière d’agir ou de vivre qui mène à un résultat particulier.

En anglais simple : A course of action or life that leads toward a particular result.

• She was on a highway to success.
• They feared the policy was a highway to disaster.
• His ambition put him on the highway to greatness.

Comment l'utiliser : highway to something (He saw the scholarship as a highway to success.)

Synonymes : path, road, route

Expressions courantes : highway to success, highway to ruin